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Show Notorial 'Rights' Bill f(fj Moderate, Says W Congressman : ' i t N ! - . , ft ; - JFP JOHN V. LINDSAY 1 conflict on Capitol Hill v 1 By JIM JENSEN Chronicle Staff Writer "The civil rights bill before the Senate at the present time is really very moderate," said Rep. John V. Lindsay (R-N. Y.) Tuesday. Rep. Lindsay participated in the "Challenge Week" program held in the Union Ballroom. He spoke on "Civil Rights: Conflict on Capitol Hill." Introduced at the beginning of Rep. Lindsay's speech were Sherman Sher-man P. Lloyd, republican congressman congress-man from Utah, and Mitch Melich, candidate for Utah's governorship. UNDER THE CIVIL rights bill, a person entering a public establishment estab-lishment may not be denied service because of race or religion. The bill therefore pertains to religious as well as racial issues, he said. The bill has no criminal sanctions in it. He said the bill has been subjected subject-ed to varied distortions by Southern South-ern congressmen who claim they have no racial problems in the South. Rep. Lindsay felt this was unusual because New York has race problems and 'New York has not been able to solve them. CONGRESS HAS the power and the authority to deal with the current cur-rent race problems. It. received its power in Section II of the 15th Amendment. It says that Congress has the power to enforce by appropriate ap-propriate legislation. 'Rep. Lindsay said Congress acted in the 1860's because of a special race problem, and it should act again with legislation in the racial conflicts with this problem, stating that public establishments must serve all of the people, regardless of race or suffer punitive action. The civil rights bill pertains only to the vote in federal elections, elec-tions, not at the state level, he said. Rep. Lindsay was rather optimistic optimis-tic as to how the civil rights bill would fare in the Senate. The bill passed the House of Representatives Representa-tives by a vote of 290 to 130. He hoped that the bill would pass through the 'Senate intact. ,,.over House passed H ' - i i "A I .Civil Rights Bill. |